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100 1 a| Mattingly, D. J.e| author.=| ^A365159;

245 10 a| Between Sahara and sea :b| Africa in the Roman Empire /c| David J. Mattingly.;

264 1 a| Ann Arbor :b| University of Michigan Press,c| 2023.;

300 a| xxiv, 717 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 27 cm.;

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490 1 a| Thomas Spencer Jerome lectures;

500 a| "Jerome lectures twenty-sixth series"--title page.;

505 20 g| 1.t| From the Desert to the Sown: An African Journey --g| 2.t| Discrepant Identity and Other Theoretical Approaches --g| 3.t| Incomers: Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans --g| 4.t| Numidae and Mauri of the Tell --g| 5.t| Gaetuli of the Pre-Desert and Garamantes of the Sahara --g| 6.t| Ars Militaris: Pacifying, Protecting, Policing, Posturing? --g| 7.t| Military Identities in Action --g| 8.t| Different Towns and Varied Trajectories --g| 9.t| Exploring Urban Identities --g| 10.t| Different Landscapes, Different Worlds --g| 11.t| Expressions of Rural Identities --g| 12.t| Different Economies --g| 13.t| African Agency;

520 a| "Between Sahara and the Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories incorporated in the Roman Empire. Based on decades of research in North Africa, David Mattingly's book is a cleverly constructed and innovative account of the history and archaeology of ancient North Africa, with a main focus on the first century BCE to the third century CE. He charts a new path toward a bottom-up understanding of North African archaeology, exploring in turn the differing material culture and experiences of the Roman communities of the military and the urban and rural areas. This important book is the most comprehensive in English on Roman North Africa. It is remarkably rich, with up-to-date references and a host of new ideas and perspectives. Well written and illustrated, with a plethora of maps, it will be required reading for anyone interested in the subject. Rather than emphasising the role of external actors, as studies of 'Roman Africa' have traditionally done, Between Sahara and the Sea focuses on local contributions to the making of Africa in the Roman Empire."--front flap.;

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Between Sahara and sea : Africa in the Roman Empire / David J. Mattingly.

Author/creator	Mattingly, D. J. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	xxiv, 717 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Subjects	Roman provinces--Africa, North. Africa, North--History. --To 647.

Series	Thomas Spencer Jerome lectures Jerome lectures. ^A33013
Partial contents	1. From the Desert to the Sown: An African Journey -- 2. Discrepant Identity and Other Theoretical Approaches -- 3. Incomers: Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans -- 4. Numidae and Mauri of the Tell -- 5. Gaetuli of the Pre-Desert and Garamantes of the Sahara -- 6. Ars Militaris: Pacifying, Protecting, Policing, Posturing? -- 7. Military Identities in Action -- 8. Different Towns and Varied Trajectories -- 9. Exploring Urban Identities -- 10. Different Landscapes, Different Worlds -- 11. Expressions of Rural Identities -- 12. Different Economies -- 13. African Agency
Abstract	"Between Sahara and the Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories incorporated in the Roman Empire. Based on decades of research in North Africa, David Mattingly's book is a cleverly constructed and innovative account of the history and archaeology of ancient North Africa, with a main focus on the first century BCE to the third century CE. He charts a new path toward a bottom-up understanding of North African archaeology, exploring in turn the differing material culture and experiences of the Roman communities of the military and the urban and rural areas. This important book is the most comprehensive in English on Roman North Africa. It is remarkably rich, with up-to-date references and a host of new ideas and perspectives. Well written and illustrated, with a plethora of maps, it will be required reading for anyone interested in the subject. Rather than emphasising the role of external actors, as studies of 'Roman Africa' have traditionally done, Between Sahara and the Sea focuses on local contributions to the making of Africa in the Roman Empire."--front flap.
General note	"Jerome lectures twenty-sixth series"--title page.
ISBN	9780472133451
ISBN	0472133454

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